If you have invertebrates, I can’t recommend a decent microscope highly enough. Mine has a screen attached so I can see stuff well without bumping my glasses into an eyepiece.

Not only does it allow me to get great shots, but it allows me to see when something is wrong. I never would have noticed the mites without it.

One of my spiderlings had messed up legs. It was probably a mismolt, and I helped it as best I could, but it eventually passed.

I also got some great pictures of the adults, though I had to crank it all the way back to fit them in frame. Here are the ladies in order (Avery, Phidippus audax, Jenna, P. regius, and Lilith, P. morpheus):